Does failure to object at trial preclude appellate review of reasonable doubt instructions?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Davison, B254038 (Cal. App. 2015):

6. Failure to object at trial does not preclude appellate review of challenges to the trial court's reasonable doubt instructions. (People v. Johnson (2004) 119 Cal.App.4th 976, 984.)

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